Idle Thumbs 242: A Simple Goat

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I've heard that stratagem input on the Xbox controller is tricky since the sequences use D-pad input and the Xbox controller's D-pad is absolute crap. I have my Steam Controller setup with the left pad mimicking a D-pad and it works almost flawlessly (the main drawback is that you can't really feel the directions with your fingers so it takes some getting used to at first). I also have a few actions mapped to the rear paddles so I can aim and do something else simultaneously.

Confirmed, it really sucks. Sorry for all the times I either messed stuff up or failed to do anything at all due to D-Pad badness.

Poe's Law

Oh my goodness.

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I tried Dwarf Fortress last year, just to say I did, and I ended up having a lot of fun with it. It actually reminded me of something like a CK2: complex systems and tons of potential for emergent storytelling, but a completely inscrutable interface (even using a tileset, like I did). I followed a tutorial to get my first fortress up and running, and it was dead useful.

But...

Dwarf fortress is one of those games I always want to play in theory but am put off for the same reason I refuse to use vim.